peter, why sudan? >> well, sudan is strategically located geographically.t's on the red sea, it's, it provides easy access to the middle east and to africa, and it's also a state that has over the years a reputation, well earned, for torting terrorist groups -- supports terrorist groups. it's on the state sponsor or terror list for the u.s., it gave shelter to osama bin laden in the late '80s, early 1990s. and it's a state that's been willing in the past to iranian weapons smugglers and manufacturers. jenna: according to your research, though, what iran's doing is creating a web, if you will, of different networks in africa, and using sudan really as a launch pad, if you will, or the central area? why are they doing this? why are they turning towards africa? >> well, several reasons. africa, with its 54 independent countries, is the largest single bloc at the united nations and other international bodies which iran needs for political cover for its human rights abuses as well as its nuclear proliferation. secondly, it's strategically located. iran has threa

they're coming right through the sudan, and the sudan is up to their eyeballs. you've got president morsi who has been very chum my with the president of sudan. they're very tight now and the plot thickens. >> this idea that morsi of the muslim brotherhood is somehow a moderate when it comes to dealing with israel is just fanciful. the threat here is that if israel backs off from its present posture with respect to gaza, more missiles will come in from iran through sudan, and when and if israel decides to do something about the iranian nuclear weapons program, the israeli air force will be in a very difficult position because it can't be in three places at once. it can't be over iran and over gaza and over the valley trying to take out hezbollah missiles. >> of course, it was over sudan taking out the munitions factory that they believe was in iran less than a month ago. they can't be that place, either. >> right. no. i think this is a decision iran has made to demonstrate what many people have feared for a long time, that hamas has at least elements of hamas ha

and that's about able chent sudan.ctly. >> the war has crushed us, history has crushed us. there's nothing we can hold to. so everything says that we're subhuman species, we are nothing. when i began to read about history and going tall way to china and realize that even china the language is slightly similar. i was excited about how the kingdom of kush was big. and the people of south sudan and the people of darfur going all the way to india is part of the kingdom of kush. >> beautiful. emmanuel jal. all the best in your efforts to help the people of sudan and really around the world through your music and spoken word and your incredible life story. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> it's fantastic music. emmanuel jal. if you want to learn more about his effort to bring peace and schools to his homeland, go to his website. we want peace 2012.org. >>> some important stories to watch for this week. u.s. congress is back and the fiscal cliff tops the agenda, plus the rhinestone cowboy takes his final bow. we've got a

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we're kind of losing out. >> greta: i was in sudan in april. president bashir is torturing and killing his people. he is the guy that has munitions factory that they suspect is owned by iran. he is the one that was letting these rockets to go egypt and into gaza. he was giving a state visit by president morsi two months ago when she should have been indicted because he is indicted for genocide in darfur. everybody looks the other way. >> there is a big picture developments. one of them is influence of the muslim brotherhood. i think hamas wants to get everybody's attention. we want to speak on behalf of the islamic radicals in this country --. >> greta: if iran's supply they could be cut off. >> not only is that not happening but iran apparently continues toward a nuclear capability. when that happens, saudi arabia is going to have a nuclear capability. every country in the gulf area is going to be thinking about developing one. situation is going to be child's play compared to what it will be like then. i have more good news... it's thanksgivi

. >> do you see egypt playing a greater role in trying to stop the weapons through sinai through sudan and through the tunnels? >> we greatly appreciate egypt's role in this. they made a positive contribution and egypt has a role in blocking the flow of smuggled arms through iran through sudan or libya. both of those passed through egyptian territory. >> the underlying grievances preventing the movement of people will be addressed after 24 hours just to be clear, if we see no sign of aagression. >> we've had our borders open to gaza. except for certain materials, like aluminum tubing. that type of material was passed onto un organizations that we could trust. there was a big question about the border of gaza and egypt and that will be open as well. according to a senior official, it was the president's two phone calls today that quote closed the deal. is that accurate of how things played out? >> well, president obama played an outstanding leadership role in helping to achieve the cease fire and also secretary hillary clinton. the sweeter of support for israel. outstanding beside us an

it will go from sudan, we think probably from the outskirts of khartoum up through port sudan on the coast, up into egypt across the sinai peninsula into the tunnels and into the gaza strip. jenna: is egypt complicit in this? >> that is a big question. and i think it's a question that very few in the media have bothered to ask. for the last several months the government of mohammed morsi in egypt has really been seen the responsible party for hamas. it was assumed that morsi had brought hamas under his wing and he was insuring that there would be calm. all of a sudden we find that hamas has these rockets smuggled into their territory likely through egyptian smuggling routes. the question is, what's egypt irrelevant or complicit. either way this looks horrible for the egyptians. jenna: of the rockets that were smuggled in, to the best of our knowledge and a lot of this depends upon intelligence that maybe we don't have access to, are all the robots smuggled in the longer-range robots, have they been destroyed by israel or are there more out there? >> we've seen israeli officials, incl

some to port sudan, the major sudanese port on the red sea.ng land journey up to the top of sudan, up into egypt, and then across into sinai. sinai may not look like much, but it is the size of west virginia, it is huge, empty, and bedouin smugglers are known to pretty much control the whole territory. the egyptian state doesn't have much to do in sinai. we talked to a bedouin tribal leader yesterday who said they're very clever not to use the highways, the few highways that go across sinai. they let the air down in their tires and cross the deep sand, very often carrying african migrants and weapons, fajr 5, fajr 3 parts in the same 4 by 4s until they get across to the gaza border. anderson? >> and then they're brought in through the tunnels between egypt and gaza, yes? >> they're brought in through the tunnels. very often disassembled according to some of the bedouin sources we were talking to yesterday. some of the tunnels are huge. you can get a truck through them. therefore they're capable of taking in quite a lot of ammunition, anti-miss

access of the arms that come from iran through sudan.ockets fired at us come directly from iran. we know the hamster rorrist trained with iranians. strong connection. >> they can reach tel aviv and jerusalem from gaza. in the past year, they smuggled components for the rocket through tunnels from each of the desert to gaza. >> they are iranian made. 100 of them were imported via sudan. this only took one provocation for israel to go in and wipe out the rockets and the launchers. >> that provocation came on november 14. when hamas fired rocket at israel. now 30,000 israeli reserve forces gathered on the border for gaza and will enter the gaza strip. if they have the longer range rockets with airstrike. >> they are only going in to gaza if they need to eliminate remainder of the missiles. a lot of which supplied to hamas by iran. >> joint u.s. israeli dome antimissile shield shot down 307 incoming rockets from gaza since november 14. according to the israeli military. in march of 2010, the obama administration announced that it would provi

through sudan or libya.roots pass through egyptian territory before arriving in gaza. >> according to the terms vt cease-fire, the under lying cease-fire, it will be addressed after 24 hours of the cease-fire being in effect. to be clear, if we see no sign of aggression from gaza within 24 hours, issues will be built with immediately thereafter? >> it will certainly be discussed. certainly be discussed. we've had our border crossings open to gaza for virtually every type of material. no food shortage, medical shortage, for certain materials which we call dual use, like aluminum tubing that can also be used to make missiles. that was passed on to nongovernment or u.n. organizations we can trust. a big question about the border between gaza and egypt and the degree to which that will be open as well. >> according to senior obama administration official, it was president obama's two phone calls today that "closed the de deal." is that accurate to your understanding of how things played out? what did the u.s. of

the rockets are made in iran and shipped through sudan and come up through egypt. egypt could have the will and the power to stop the smuggling of the rockets. it remains to be seen whether they will do that. while we are at the u.n. we should also mention while the israelis and hamas have been able to come to a deal on a cease-fire, the united nations security council has not been able to agree on any kind of statement on the violence of the last eight days. the united states proving itself again to be disunited and completely irrelevant epa in this conflict as it has been in the conflict in syria. >>trace: not surprising. thank you, jonathan hunt outside the united nations. a journalist and expert on the middle east joins us. i pose the same question to you: will the truce hold. >>guest: it doesn't have too many, we don't have too much hope. we are dealing with a terrorist organization, which is considered by the united states and the west, for hamas. we are not dealing with the palestinian authority leader, and his absence is noted. with the pros and the cons, t

they have a role also in blocking the smuggle either through sudan.th pass through egyptian territory before arriving in gaza. >> according to the terms of the cease-fire the underlying agreements of gaza, in particular border restrictions, presenting the movement of people and goods through gaza will be addressed after 24 hours of the cease-fire being in effect. just to be clear, if we see no sign of aggression from within gaza for 24 hours, these issues will be dealt with immediately thereafter? or -- >> they'll certainly be discussed. they'll certainly be discussed. our border crossings have been open to gaza for virtually every type of material. there's no food shortage, no medical shortage. except for certain materials which we call duel use like aluminum tubing that could also be used to make missiles. that type of material was passed on to nongovernment organizations or to u.n. organizations that we could trust. there's a big question about the border between gaza and egypt. the agreement with that will be opened as well. >> according to a seni

and about 100 of them were imported into gaza via sudan it appears.e israelis learned of the existence of these rockets, all it took was one provocation on the part of hamas for israel to go in and wipe out those rockets and those launchers. >> that provocation came when hamas fired on november 14th at an israeli jeep using a guided anti-areartillery missil. that was the provocation. now israel hopes that its reaction to hamas' decision to launch longer and longer rockets towards cities will serve as detecialt to hamas and hezbollah to the north in lebanon i don't know if they choose to serve iran's proxies in the future. >> shepard: you could back the proskts back to when the israelis killed the hamas leader, right? >> that's right. >> shepard: you could do it that way. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, thank you. and on this day in 1977, the egyptian president anwar sadat made an unprecedented trip to jerusalem in an effort to secure peace. egypt and israel had fought a series of wars over control of the sinai peninsula. by th

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at 6'8", he's from africa's south sudan.or the moment, though, he is thrilled to finally have shoes that fit his size 17 feet. >> this is amazing. i'm really great i got the shoes without paying, so, this is very -- it's very good, really. >> reporter: by the fourth and final day of nba camp, you start to see a difference. >> go, go, go. >> reporter: the boys have been divided into teams and they are playing better. playing as a team. hamza is from nigeria. what have you learned here that you didn't know before about basketball? >> i have learned that the more i share the ball, the more my teammates want to play. the more they want to participate in the game. and the better chance we have to win. >> reporter: mark hughes, the scout from the new york knicks, has seen some promising prospects. any of them impress you? >> yeah, i think a lot of the kids were imblepressive. they are so energetic. for us, there are a few guys that i think may have a chance. >> good job. good job, guys, good job. >> reporter: most, of course, won'

and south sudan.you're talking about qualifications for secretary of state, that qualifies her more than reading talking points. >> and at the beginning of this she was one of the few administration officials along with hillary clinton who pushed reluctant people inside the white house, including tom donnell lynn to interview in libya, a position senator republicans took at the time. >> human rights is a key issue and done a lot at u.n. with regard to women, disabled people. and i worked with her in the clinton administration. she was, you know, very tenacious. very intelligent woman. very strong willed. i guess one of the things, as a woman i don't like, some of the criticism of her, if this was a man, it -- these would be positive attributes. >> exactly. >> as a woman, well you know she's feisty. >> or they -- when mccain said she's not very brought, this is someone who went to oxford, has a ph.d. career serving as public servant. >> remember how well it worked out when they called sotomayor not ver

. >> and sudan. involved in those negotiations with the separation of south sudan.e's played an important role. you know, he would have a immediate standing with foreign governments. and that's a very strong choice at state it strikes me as well. >> michael gerson, bill burton, thank you very much. >>> up next the general's wife. why one woman is speaking out about the stress of war on military marriages. ally bank. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell me what cd rates will be in two years? no. if he can't, no one can. that's why ally has a raise your rate cd. ally bank. your money needs an ally. [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if

bill clinton's cabinet, she was in charge of african policy, including controversial decisions on sudan , she was blamed for another security failure, the bombings 14 years ago and politics can be personal. in the 2008 campaign, she made fun of john mccain. for wearing a flap jacket on a baghdad walking tour, while claiming iraq was safer and tonight, hillary clinton praised rice. still, some democrats argue nominating rice would prolong the benghazi controversy, while john kerry could be easily confirmed. and tonight other officials indicate a republican, former senator, chuck hagel, is also being vetted for a job >>> and also in washington tonight, the gop is dealing with the issue of optics and diversity in politics, getting a lot of coverage of the congressional committee chair selected thus far for the next congress. they are all white males, the leadership points out they were all selected for a reason, including seniority. the democrats point out on their side, white men are the minority among house democratic members, and now what has become a giant sector of the economy all by

iran was trying to manufacturer some of these weapons in sudan, much closer to hamas and the gaza strip so i would be deeply concerned about the position the government the egypt is taking and the other governments around as well. the government of turkey has been very critical of israeli for trying to stop attacks on their tearatory. there's very little doubt israel is increasingly isolated. >> it's not just the missiles. there's a report the underground facility as you're rain uhm enrism. in iran and could a material for a bomb in three months. >> they're very close to it. the international atomic energy agency reporting friday about the finalization of the facility at koom. demonstrating the sanctions europe and the united states talked about, the iranians are proceeding in a successful pace toward getting nuclear weapons capability. they're arming the terrorists hamas and hezbollah so the iran influence continues to grow. europe and the united states focus their criticism on israel. >> thank you very much this morning. especially in paris. >> thank you, eric. >> thank you, embassado

reaching they're coming from of yemen we know that they are rebels coming from newbie and even from sudan but that turkey is providing the infrastructure for these mercenaries are jihadists who are coming into the syrian country so we don't have to be surprised that turkey is doing also this there in the official recognition of this of the national syrian coalition if assad is that here and if syria would be split among the lord or it's in this country which i know supported by the west by turkey and by the bush immigrates countries such trivia would witness the sooner or later of taking also turkey and i think the turkish people knows that this politics is strongly against the interests of the british people because we have demonstration. against it specially against that form of politics the word syria because they know that this is violating their interests. the economic downturn has not only ravaged greek warnitz but as shaken up the country's political scene greece or some unexpected names turn up in the parliament's polls when his list in june including the ultra nationalist golden

they're coming from afghanistan from yemen we know that they are rebels coming from movie and even from sudan but that turkey is providing the infrastructure for these mercenaries are jihadists who are coming into the syrian country this politics towards syria it's a very short term politics it's the fuel short terms and if assad before to disappear and if syria would be split among the lawrence and this country which i know supported by the west by turkey and by. emirates countries such jerky would witness these warlords sooner or later of taking also turkey and i think the turkish people knows that this politics is drawing against the interests of the turkish we have now it's huge demonstrations in the stumble in ankara against it specially against that form of church politics the word syria because you know that this is violating their interests. and of home whipping up a storm of controversy if you are so much use agencies facing flak after it's revealed it's sort of disaster relief trailers on the very day sunday was upgraded by forecasters. also now outside chanting not as out and throw

clinton's state department, she was in charge of african policy including controversial decisions on sudan. today republicans also blamed her for another security failure, the embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago and politics can be personal. in the 2008 obama campaign, rice ridiculed john mccain for wearing a flak jacket on a baghdad walking tour while claiming iraq was safer. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. >>> as most people focus on susan rice and john kerry as the frontrunners for the secretary of state job, a new report suggest that's former republican senator chuck hagel is also vetted by the white house for a potential security post. >>> overseas, egyptian president mohamed morsi is expected to call for unity while addressing his nation today. tension still very high after he issued an edict that will give him sweeping power above the reach of judicial review until a new constitution is adopted. they're rushing to finish a new draft of the constitution that could see a vote as early as today. but with protesters continuing to clash with riot police, a rushed c

coming from of gonna start from yemen we know that they are rebels coming from newbie and even from sudan but that turkey is providing the infrastructure for these mercenaries are jihadists who are coming into the syrian country so we don't have to be surprised that turkey is doing also this there in the official recognition of this. of the national syrian coalition what we have to see is that this official recognition. this coalition needs far as that turkey tries now to justify and to somehow to legalize on the international law its support for it because now they are not anymore from turkish they are not anymore supporting just a wider rebel group now they support the official recognize yes sort of exile government what makes it their turkey much more easy of course and they want as sad to go that's what they want and shortly though by ousting a sad from syria as many say this could lead to serious instability in the region turkey so close to syria could it be compromising its national security having this . of course and i think this is for sure that this politics the heart syria is a

i mean if you have to be from sudan but it's even russia our allies did you that are to exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. and r.t. dot com meanwhile the divided syrian opposition is locked in negotiations over the creation of a unified group backed by western states it's hoped they could forge a transitional cabinet which they are keen to present as a government in waiting politics professor stephen zunes believes the opposition strategy is shifting towards terror tactics fed by weapons coming from abroad both asserting national council and riyadh is with some of them has long been divided on the question of armed struggle both were mostly criminals of nonviolence who saw saw and saw the shift more towards the arm struggle. late last year but now people are reevaluating saying hey folks this is not working it's just causing even more people to get killed it's frightened a lot of potential supporters looking up the system to consolidate their support with the government because are afraid of the fundamentalists and other extremists have gotten into the mix and so i think we are star

reaching there are coming from of yemen we know that they are rebels coming from movie and even from sudan but that turkey is providing the infrastructure for these mercenaries are jihadists who are coming into the syrian country this politics towards syria it's a very short term politics it's the fuel short term and if so what this is here and if syria would be split among the warlords in this country which i was supported by the west by turkey and by. emirates countries such jerky would witness these warlords sooner or later of taking also turkey and i think the turkish people know was that this politics is drawing against the interests of the turkish we have now huge demonstrations in eastern border in ankara against it specially against that form of church politics the word syria because you know that this is a living there are terrorists. the first of a public vote in england and wales for local police and crime commission as comes with merola among the nation's law enforcers at rock bottom a recent poll of four offices suggested that almost every single one of them felt abandoned by

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wouldn't compromise on the subject of the expansion of slavery, 11 states defeated in the civil war in sudan. we've heard much about the battle between the president and congress over the extension of the bush tax cuts raising the debt limit and the potential of the automatic cuts and spending resulting referred to as the fiscal cliff. it was likely the these critical decisions would be given reef extensions the congress would be settled with making the decision. as a second term president, obama would face rarely experienced by the chief executive returned to office where he would face sizable numbers of people in the senate and the house but they would not compromise. they were on the horizon for a second term for obama. other lessons that obama can learn from the experience of the presidential histories that might give guidance to the resolution of this concern. first, however, it would be helpful for the customary evaluation. his opponents and some of his supporters had that barack obama have the leadership skills extreme cultural background and temperament to deserve a second term as pr

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place you look for a model of success although it took a long time is go further to the east in the sudan and it took a number of years but the combination of negotiation pressure availability of some troops to help stabilize the circumstances and the inevitability of the struggle finally winding down our eyes can see now it's going to judgment here gentlemen we're going to go with short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on mali state are to. say. mission. free. free. free. free. free. free blog video for your media project a free media. tom. market . what's really happening to the global economy. headlines. a report. plenty. live. live. and you can see. the. welcome back you're probably talking about you mind you were talking about the molly man's. leg and you can see the slow. ok let's go back to london it looks like the military use of force is going to be applied again another intervention here iow what is the outcome what is the end game that you want to see what's victory ok. well victory would be a swift. decisive action against the the the rebels. with

maybe in syria i have to be from sudan but incident but. i didn't r t exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t dot com. it looks like. they're searching or anything like. the holy land five or five muslim palestinian american men who are accused by the u.s. government after nine eleven of funneling money to hamas their charity the holy land foundation and what followed was an outright crusade against them going to a conviction based on questionable evidence and now they're serving prison sentences of up to sixty five years so why is there such a double standard when it comes to muslims and even more so how it's time to talk about that and more i was joined earlier by nora barrows freedman sociate editor and staff reporter with the electronic intifada i first asked her if there can be any retribution for the holy land five. of the past week and a half i've been speaking with some of the lawyers and civil rights advocates that have been involved in the holy land five defense team and it's unclear what the next step is i know that the family

reaching there or coming from of yemen we know that there are rebels coming from movie and even from sudan but that turkey is providing the infrastructure for these mercenaries are jihadists who are coming into the syrian country this politics towards syria very short term politics it's the fuel short term and if you were to disappear and if syria peacefully among the warlords in this country which i was supported by the west by turkey and by. countries such jerky will witness these warlords sooner or later of taking also turkey and i think the turkish people knows that this politics is drawing against the interests of that which we have now demonstrations. against the against that form of politics the word syria because you know that this is violating. the un yugoslavia war crimes court in the hague is free to form a croatian generals acquitting them of all charges in. clued in crimes against humanity. and law didn't like catch were jailed last year for twenty four eighteen years respectively charged with killing scores of serbs during the breakup of yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundre

there are a few countries who have not joined; sudan, syria, the islamic republic of iran and the united states of america. well, harold coe says, what a disgrace. how can the united states be a world leader on women's rights and not sign this treaty? well, let's take a look. what would radification mean? we don't have to guess what ratification means. the american bar association has written a book-length report, 200 pages, explaining exactly what american compliance would mean. the aba report is based on the work of the u.n. monitoring committees. they go to the countries when they ratify the treaty. so when they went to britain or australia or canada, they wrote a report. what were they telling these countries to do, how would you follow the treaty? well, the aba report opposes thousands of questions, all of them potential lawsuits. the aba claims, first of all, it's not about equality under the law, it's about de facto equality; that is, equality of result, statistical equality. the aba states gender quotas are not voluntary, it creates an obligation for a quota system. so i'm just g

last month, the jewish state bombed iranian owned weapon facility in sudan. say it was used by iran to store rockets before shipping them north to hamas and islamic jihad. >> bret: former israeli prime minister says he is leaving his defense minister post after january election. he has been called the leading advocate for military action against iran. if you value your television, keep the throwable objects away from all women who are going to watch the grapevine tonight. we'll explain coming up. up next, egypt's president stands firm on the sweeping new powers. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! [ male announce

but yes, egypt has a role also in blocking the flow of smuggled arms through iran, either through sudan or libya, both of them passing through egyptian territory. >> according to this cease-fire, the border restrictions, preventing the moving of people and goods, that will be addressed. just to be clear if we see no sign of aggression within gaza in the next 24 hours, these issues will be dealt with immediately there after? >> they will certainly be discussed. we have had -- our border crossings have been open to gaza through virtually every type of material. there is no food shortage or medical shortages. except for elements like aluminum tubing that could be used to make missiles. that was passed on to u.n. organizations or other organizations that we could trust. there is a big question about the border between gaza and egypt, and they agreed that that would be opened, as well. >> according to a senior obama administration official, it was the president -- president obama's two phone calls today that "closed the deal." is that your accurate understanding of how things played out. and

they go to sudan and then up through egypt and then they are dismantled and taken through those tunnels and into gaza. they are then put back together by hamas' rocket squad. and the most sophisticated missal these now have are often fired from underground launch pads. that of course makes it far harder for the military to spot them. >> and if a ground invasion were to happen. that seems less likely than it did yesterday. it would be a different war. >> and it is less likely because netanyahu, the israeli prime minister does not want to have to do it. the israeli people are a lot less keen on any kind of ground war than they are supportive of this current air campaign. if you look at a fly over map of gaza city, you can see exactly why it is so densly packed. if you roll the tanks through those streets, they are in much, much greater peril. we saw it in 2006. the palestinians were building these sand berms. they man them with rpg's and they can take clean shots at the tanks that are armored. but they slow down the progress of the tank. that makes it easier to take some israeli casualty

a month ago and israel did a strike against arms manufacturing in sudan.fact they would come out this aggressively is bad about how bad how quickly it can get violent. >>shepard: to have done it if it is in their airspace is one thing but this is international airspace. >>guest: it is but you get in tit for tat. we can say one thing, believe one thing but that doesn't mean in domestic consumption for iran we believe that. we get into issues about whether it is 12 nautical miles some say it exists beyond that and some say rocks a mile off their coast are part their property. so there are issues on that. but from an iranian domestic consumption point of view it is a huge win for the iranian government to do this showing in the face of strong sanctions they are still able to put fighters in the air and they are not going to be pushed around by the west. >>shepard: i guess as you try to unite your people who do not have enough gas or food it is a valuable weapon. >>guest: exactly. that is a reason it is such a scary situation. so tense. from an iranian politic

they are sent through the sudan, smuggled up through egypt. that's when they get to the tunnels.y're broken down and smuggled through them and then taken to the underground launch sites. that is why israeli defense forces targeted those tunnels and have for several days been targeting those rocket launch sites. >> shep: the israeli prime minister, netanyahu, says what is pretty obvious to most, that is that he's willing to fight, but he doesn't want his forces in there on the ground. >> yes. for the very simple reason that that increases the risk hugely of taking israeli casualties. take look at a flyover map of gaza city. you can see how narrow many of the streets are, how densely populated it is. those streets are the ones down which israeli tanks would have to roll. then you're likely to see the hamas fighters doing what they did on other occasions when israel sent in ground force, such as back in 2006. they build these large sand berms to slow the tanks down. they man them, fighters with rocket propelled grenade launchers. they can fire on the tanks. there is also obviously t

the suffering was particularly acute in ethiopia and the sudan. the sad irony is that modern technology helped to magnify the disaster. prior to the drought, deep water wells had been drilled in the sahel, providing abundant new sources of water for livestock and humans. this stimulated an excessively large migration into the area. so when the drought struck, there was even greater devastation. numerous international programs are currently underway to teach people how to graze their cattle and grow their crops so as to avoid similar disasters in the future. there are a number of techniques being employed to prevent desertification. water conservation techniques-- again, one of the primary causes of desertification is the depletion of ground water reserves-- and also intelligent farming techniques. for example, if you move into an area and deforest it, remove the vegetation and then plow it, particularly in an area like the subtropics where you have the prevailing winds, you can lose your topsoil. so intelligent farming techniques-- for example, th

reasons relating to her opposition to extra dieding osama bin laden from sudan when we could have gotten, saving the lives of those kid in subsequent attacks. questions about the rwanda genocide, and the questions seem to keep mourchting. >> we appreciate the update. thank you. >>> why is the teachers union in louisiana blocking school choice and competition that would give the kids a better education? how typical. it's a court fight with national implications. free market choice in education, as well as every place else. that's up next. stay with us, please. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> fast food forward, a group looking for wage increases and union rec

. >> so you would go to the sudan if romney was elected? >> i don't know. costa rica. >> i guess you better push off, huh? >> you are opening for mar. >> i'm bill maher's opener, yes, i am. >> tough act to follow. >> oh, i go on before him. you get it, right? >> yeah. >> don't you think i got any sense at all? >> you voted for romney and now you are here to see bill maher. >> right. >> are you on drugs right now. >> no. no. >> obama momma. [ laughter ] >> are you expecting? >> oh god, no. >> why are you guys excited about a second term? >> we both are very happy about obama care. >> obama care. >> i'm really excited to see obama carroll out. >> what if they passed obama care premiums went up. >> i got to admit they put it on me that time. >> are you concerned about this massive national debt. >> he spent the least amount of money than any president. >> obama? >> yeah, did he. >> are you shear about that. >> i am positive of that. >> what kind of rubbish is that? >> what's point of raising taxes on wealthy people. >> they can afford to pay a little bit more.